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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

When I first heard about crowd funding I was brought to
different backdoor platforms that facilitate campaigns. I chose Indiegogo and
did my best to communicate my concern. I found out however that this platform
is filled with pre-construction products with varying perks to lure bargain
hunters, and therefore attracting mostly that kind of a crowd there.

And like most other
platforms that are available today, kick starter, etc. they carry the same
allowance that is souring the spirit of what I thought was an activity which
has in mind a crowd willing to fund a benevolent cause instead of what return
the donor can get from it.

Its focus has lessened the
concerns of the beneficiary and heightened the interest of the contributor in a
sense that though they are still providing an alternative means of funding a
cause, its outcome is far from an attention of merely a benevolent fellow.

As a result, I realize that
this type of activity is simply becoming another economic platform where trade
and exchange is present. Not that I am against it, but the need to distinguish
these two sets of behaviors must be defined and properly put in place if not
put both together in one, in the type of campaign that I am promoting.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

In the dog
industry, what drives demands is an outgrowth of how people value their dog,
and without oversight, non-interference of market flow produces undesirable
flaws and problems since merchants are not only assailed to supply people’s
needs, profiteering also gets out of hand. Our conventional approach of market
interferences however is ceaselessly regulating the aftermath because
government and institutions have no natural ability to confront the root of the
problem. The right collaboration of associations with a common interest can
nonetheless direct market flow instead of interfering with it, and the twist is
that the short lifespan of miscarried trends are strongly competed in the open
market.

My commitment
in promoting GSP here in the Philippines is a small ascent to abridge the
course of where this industry is heading, to hit the root that leads to a
problem, to initiate collaboration among industries that facilitate an
appropriate service that will stimulate dog owners to be near them.

Why Dogs? Because they rest close to my heart

Why
Indiegogo? Primarily to fund the project
but also to take advantage of a platform that brings concerned parties together
while launching the idea.

Why an
alternate means to fund the project? Because Mass Collaboration and Aggregate
Giving is reciprocal to venture capital, private equity or mutual funds infused to a selected few to give rise to its own private welfare, while this emerging movement that is
challenging traditional business is infusing funds to form communities
that address an errant social
problem.

This recognition aims to resolve the problem but it depends
on your support.